BRUSHING UP ON LANDSCAPES AND FLORALSWorkshop9:00am, The Art Center (1803 N 7th Street)
The goal of this workshop is to inspire the
more...0 artist within as you develop new skills in a fun, supportive environment. It is designed for artists with some previous painting experience who have a desire to learn more about landscape and floral painting. Come learn the building blocks of painting and how to enliven your art. We will experiment with layout, color combinations, value studies, and pigment application. Emphasis is on painting technique, palette layout, material discussions, color theory, and design principles. Teaching artist Nancy Lewis will present these concepts through demonstrations and specific exercises. This workshop is open to all painting media (oil, acrylic, pastel, gouache, watercolor, etc.).

FUNDRAISERS/BENEFITS

4TH ANNUAL CANINE SPOOKTACULAR9:00am, 740 Gunnison Ave.
The Canine Spooktacular is a fundraser for the
more...0 Center for Independence. It is a fun, family-friendly Halloween dog costume contest and live Auction with Buster Cattles. This year we will have over $1200 worth of prizes for !st , 2nd and 3rd place winners. The categories are: Most Creative, Best Trick, Best Human/Dog Pair, and Most Beautiful. There will also be an Ovevrall Best winner. There will be Door Prizes and food and drinks for sale. The Live Auction features wonderful items worth over $2600. The entry fee for each dog is $10 and $4 per Human. Children 12 and under and ANYONE in costume is FREE. Early registration for Dogs starts at 8 and contest starts at 9 am. The auction is after the costume contest and Costume winners will be announced after the auction.